A quick google search will bring up tons of articles and other websites about it. And most of it seems to be coming from the same people that are conservative, Obama/Democrat hating (note: I tolerate other people's beliefs and despise most politicians in general), and members of the so-called Tea-Party. Basically the same ones that say liberals and/or Democrats hate the US. So, apparently they love the US so much they no longer wish to be a part of it. And so far, 700,000 people nation wide have signed these.

muy_thaiguy wrote:A quick google search will bring up tons of articles and other websites about it. And most of it seems to be coming from the same people that are conservative, Obama/Democrat hating (note: I tolerate other people's beliefs and despise most politicians in general), and members of the so-called Tea-Party. Basically the same ones that say liberals and/or Democrats hate the US. So, apparently they love the US so much they no longer wish to be a part of it. And so far, 700,000 people nation wide have signed these.

What the hell is going on in this country!?

Everyone's just sick of Wisconsin.

I have often heard him say that he would not begin life again if he had to pay for it by his years at school. There is, he is accustomed to say, only one crime which is beyond pardon, the crime which poisons the pleasures and kills the smile of a child

bedub1 wrote:If they secede, the US won't have as large of a financial problem anymore, as the states that want to secede take in more tax revenue from the blue states then they give back.

The governors of these states know they are welfare states, sucking on the teet of the federal government, so there is no way they will ever secede.

Exactly. Two thirds of the tax revenue comes from Blue States.

At least the Red States have over 80% of the obesity in the country. They always have that to fall back on.

What does any of that have to do with freedom? It goes also as obvious that red states probably have less regulations, IE less need to take money from the people. It's called smaller government .

Also, blue states did not create all the federal jobs that are in their states. They shouldn't get credit for going spread eagle over every federal dollar that comes their way? They just have their hands out the furthest

Sounds like what you are saying is that blue states have the highest tax rates. Interesting way to twist the perspective into "blue states pay the most".

Good for you blue states. You pay the most into a system that wastes your hard earned money on Guantanamo Bay, or worse uses it to bribe warlords and dictators and torture people in CIA prisons.

I believe most of them can't stand the thought of another 4 years of a black man as president. It's not that they hate democrats, or liberals, they don't like an African American as their commander in chief. They are behaving like the whiny child, a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers.

notyou2 wrote:I believe most of them can't stand the thought of another 4 years of a black man as president. It's not that they hate democrats, or liberals, they don't like an African American as their commander in chief. They are behaving like the whiny child, a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers.

...and maybe American's don't like being herded over financial cliffs...

notyou2 wrote:I believe most of them can't stand the thought of another 4 years of a black man as president. It's not that they hate democrats, or liberals, they don't like an African American as their commander in chief. They are behaving like the whiny child, a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers.

And there it is. Classic. When an administration has nothing, and I mean nothing to redeem itself, play the race card and hope the critics are pussies.

bedub1 wrote:If they secede, the US won't have as large of a financial problem anymore, as the states that want to secede take in more tax revenue from the blue states then they give back.

The governors of these states know they are welfare states, sucking on the teet of the federal government, so there is no way they will ever secede.

Then why are all the blue states massively in debt?

And most of the money to red states is mandated by the federal government, not because those citizens actually want the government's handouts.

notyou2 wrote:I believe most of them can't stand the thought of another 4 years of a black man as president. It's not that they hate democrats, or liberals, they don't like an African American as their commander in chief. They are behaving like the whiny child, a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers.

How shallow are your beliefs that you would care about the color of a person's skin over the content of their character or the policy positions they take?

bedub1 wrote:If they secede, the US won't have as large of a financial problem anymore, as the states that want to secede take in more tax revenue from the blue states then they give back.

The governors of these states know they are welfare states, sucking on the teet of the federal government, so there is no way they will ever secede.

Then why are all the blue states massively in debt?

And most of the money to red states is mandated by the federal government, not because those citizens actually want the government's handouts.

notyou2 wrote:I believe most of them can't stand the thought of another 4 years of a black man as president. It's not that they hate democrats, or liberals, they don't like an African American as their commander in chief. They are behaving like the whiny child, a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers.

How shallow are your beliefs that you would care about the color of a person's skin over the content of their character or the policy positions they take?

bedub1 wrote:If they secede, the US won't have as large of a financial problem anymore, as the states that want to secede take in more tax revenue from the blue states then they give back.

The governors of these states know they are welfare states, sucking on the teet of the federal government, so there is no way they will ever secede.

Then why are all the blue states massively in debt?

And most of the money to red states is mandated by the federal government, not because those citizens actually want the government's handouts.

notyou2 wrote:I believe most of them can't stand the thought of another 4 years of a black man as president. It's not that they hate democrats, or liberals, they don't like an African American as their commander in chief. They are behaving like the whiny child, a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers.

How shallow are your beliefs that you would care about the color of a person's skin over the content of their character or the policy positions they take?

As shallow as generations of slave owners in your country..

We currently live in the 21st century, not the 19th century. None of us today are responsible for the actions that took place then, yet the people who continue to blame every disagreement with Obama as being due to race are completely responsible for their own racist views.

bedub1 wrote:If they secede, the US won't have as large of a financial problem anymore, as the states that want to secede take in more tax revenue from the blue states then they give back.

The governors of these states know they are welfare states, sucking on the teet of the federal government, so there is no way they will ever secede.

Then why are all the blue states massively in debt?

And most of the money to red states is mandated by the federal government, not because those citizens actually want the government's handouts.

notyou2 wrote:I believe most of them can't stand the thought of another 4 years of a black man as president. It's not that they hate democrats, or liberals, they don't like an African American as their commander in chief. They are behaving like the whiny child, a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers.

How shallow are your beliefs that you would care about the color of a person's skin over the content of their character or the policy positions they take?

As shallow as generations of slave owners in your country..

We currently live in the 21st century, not the 19th century. None of us today are responsible for the actions that took place then, yet the people who continue to blame every disagreement with Obama as being due to race are completely responsible for their own racist views.

I don't think that everyone who wants to secede only wants to secede because Obama is black, but you also can't deny that there are quite a few who base at least some their politics off of racism.

The 395 tweets mentioned are the number of geocoded tweets referencing the given keywords from November 1 until November 7 at approximately 4:00 pm EST. This is NOT a sample, but the total population of geocoded tweets that matched our search criteria as outlined in the post. Geocoded tweets make up a tiny fraction of overall Twitter activity (could be as large as 5% or as small as less than 1%), so the actual number of tweets referencing these keywords is likely much, much larger, though we are not sure as to this number.

Finally, if this is your first response to our map, and not “that’s really f---ed up!”, then we probably have more important issues to deal with than the minutiae of our methodology. Though we endorse neither hatred, discrimination or violence against anyone, we refuse to acknowledge the equivalence of the terms being used to describe President Obama and Mitt Romney.

I don't think 395 tweets over a 6 day period is something that would make me say "that's really fucked up."

bedub1 wrote:If they secede, the US won't have as large of a financial problem anymore, as the states that want to secede take in more tax revenue from the blue states then they give back.

The governors of these states know they are welfare states, sucking on the teet of the federal government, so there is no way they will ever secede.

Then why are all the blue states massively in debt?

And most of the money to red states is mandated by the federal government, not because those citizens actually want the government's handouts.

notyou2 wrote:I believe most of them can't stand the thought of another 4 years of a black man as president. It's not that they hate democrats, or liberals, they don't like an African American as their commander in chief. They are behaving like the whiny child, a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers.

How shallow are your beliefs that you would care about the color of a person's skin over the content of their character or the policy positions they take?

As shallow as generations of slave owners in your country..

We currently live in the 21st century, not the 19th century. None of us today are responsible for the actions that took place then, yet the people who continue to blame every disagreement with Obama as being due to race are completely responsible for their own racist views.

.....but you also can't deny that there are quite a few who base at least some their politics off of racism.

bedub1 wrote:If they secede, the US won't have as large of a financial problem anymore, as the states that want to secede take in more tax revenue from the blue states then they give back.

The governors of these states know they are welfare states, sucking on the teet of the federal government, so there is no way they will ever secede.

Then why are all the blue states massively in debt?

And most of the money to red states is mandated by the federal government, not because those citizens actually want the government's handouts.

notyou2 wrote:I believe most of them can't stand the thought of another 4 years of a black man as president. It's not that they hate democrats, or liberals, they don't like an African American as their commander in chief. They are behaving like the whiny child, a bunch of spoiled brats and sore losers.

How shallow are your beliefs that you would care about the color of a person's skin over the content of their character or the policy positions they take?

How shallow are you in believing that Obama wasn't born in America......or is the real reason the colour of his skin and his racial heritage???